As members of Michigan State football team remain in quarantine or isolation until early next month, the school announced Monday that 16 student-athletes and four athletic department staffers tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

The uptick in known cases has prevented the Spartans from moving forward with the next phase of football activities — a 20-hour week filled with walkthroughs, weight training and meetings that was supposed to commence last Friday.

Because of the 14-day quarantine, the earliest date the Spartans can resume its program is Aug. 4 and players will be checked before they are cleared to participate again. In the meantime, Ingham County Health Department will conduct contract tracing.

According to the school, the latest round of testing performed between July 20-24 involved 122 student-athletes. The number of staff members tested wasn't provided. Among the 20 people who tested positive are the two staffers and one student-athlete mentioned last Friday when the football team went into quarantine.

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